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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah its going to be a bad week for markets.

Unless of course Trump TACOs. Or the SC says no to his tariff policies.

Either way, if you're an institution HIDE YOUR MONEY UNDER THE MATTRESS!!!! (individual investors just chill out unless you expect to need that money in the next 6-18 months).

Reuters @reuters.com · 15h

US will impose additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports from November, Trump says reut.rs/3KL6WRF

US will impose additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports from November, Trump says

The United States of America will slap an additional 100% tariff on imports from China and impose export controls on all critical U.S.-made software from November 1, President Donald Trump said on Friday.

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 14h

The minute that my local Publix rips out theirs I'll know we're in a real recession. If 12 teens (one cashier, one bagger each) are cheaper than those things we're in deep shit!

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 14h

I don't even know that's a real trend. Sure commercial 3rd spaces are more popular, but so are things like public parks. Community events that are often free are held in these a lot more and stuff like community gardens or volunteer groups are still super common.

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 15h

Nope, public parks have expanded in the US since the 90s and they are very well used. And they continue to expand both in programming and number of parks. Being there for free is the norm.

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FurSpot Animal videos @furspot.bsky.social · 22h

Hope your day is going good so far, if not here's a baby red panda!
#Redpanda #Panda #Animals #Bluesky

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Sam Thorpe @samthorpe.bsky.social · 23h

It turns out that once you correct for this error, unemployment is actually rising faster for NON-degree workers - meaning that explanations in terms of AI replacing the college-educated workforce don't make much sense, and this looks a lot more like an across-the-board labor market slowdown.

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Sam Thorpe @samthorpe.bsky.social · 23h

From the piece: "Labour market entrants without a degree have seen a 2.4 point rise [in unemployment]. This is very different to the much more modest 0.7 point rise among... non-grads in their mid-twenties who are sheltered from today’s harsh hiring conditions." (For degreed workers, it's 1.3%).

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 22h

Amazing he still has any money left having apparently funded every single liberal to socialist protest for at least the past 3 decades!

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 23h

Her first statement dedicated the prize to him lmfao!

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

She even dedicated her prize win to Trump!

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

No, this whole "snub at Trump" thing falls apart when you learn about her. She's a Trump ALLY who have vocally supported his murder of her fellow countrymen and a US (and even Israeli) invasion. Presumably to help put her in power instead. www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry you don't want the government to take responsibility for its choices. But hey, if you find statements from members of the government condemning this choice then I'll happily change my stance from "Norway wanted this" to "Norway chose assholes to run the prize but realized they made a mistake".

Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

What? In what way am I wrong that Norway's parliament chooses these guys? If the government chooses who heads it then its got responsibility for their decisions.

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

They're appointed by the parliament of Norway and its current membership is majority former Norweigan politicians. So I consider it close enough to just say Norway. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegi...

Norwegian Nobel Committee - Wikipedia

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

Even supports Trump bombing the boats! Folks who only look at US politics really seem to be missing this was the most-pro Trump choice the committee could have made without breaking their timing rules.

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

If the nation that could do that was extrajudicially murdering random members of my own country I'd probably reconsider which is going to be the bigger evil.

Not everyone in the Venezuelan opposition backs this, Machado does because she's not anti-dictatorship, she's just a tool of the US.

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

I'd interpret this as Norway trying to compromise with Trump. Machado is his ally and this will provide propaganda support for his Venezuela regime change/possible invasion efforts. This prize may actually help start a war. If Norway was going to do this they should've just fed Trump's ego instead.

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

Nah, Norway basically folded on this. Machado is a Trump ally who supports his policies. Invasion of Venezuela to help a "peace prize winner" incoming...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

This prize is a farce that is helping Trump. Let's be clear about that. Machado is someone who has vocally supported Trump murdering her own countrymen in the Caribbean because she's not for Venezuela but for the US and even specifically for the Trump regime.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

www.bbc.com

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

Guido's problem is he's old new. Machado is the ally of the guy Trump now calls the "president of Venezuela" who hasn't won an election and isn't in Venezuela. Guido got put out to pasture.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

www.bbc.com

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

This is not a "snub of Trump" by Norway. If anything, this is the next best thing to Norway's parliament voting for directly Trump. Machado is someone Trump has vocally supported and this is during Trump's murder spree in the Caribbean that's seems designed to justify invasion.

Fuck this prize.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, for her work promoting democracy.

María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Live Updates and Video

The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. The Saudi Royal family doing a non-oil investment that actually pays off? That's got to be a first!

Defector @defector.com · 2d

Bill Burr keeps cycling through excuses for doing the Riyadh Comedy Festival: defector.com/bill-burr-ke...

Bill Burr Keeps Cycling Through Excuses For Doing The Riyadh Comedy Festival | Defector

By default, Bill Burr exists in a state of his ass being chapped, but clearly it’s been feeling more chapped than usual. The comedian has continued to address his decision to perform at the Riyadh…

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Daily manul pictures @manulposting.bsky.social · 1d

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

The only quibble I'd have here is his objection to western imperialism does appear in practice to mostly be rhetorical only. His vision of Turkish goals occassionally is at odds with western power, but those are temporary and limited compared to the long term collaboration he has with it.

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 1d

Should folks let that color their perceptions of the world to this extent? Of course not. But this was how many people behaved else the "being anti-Israel is anti-semitic" argument would have never worked and Zionists wouldn't have pushed it so much. Anti-Zionists Jews proved to many it was false.

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